Node NPM proxy authentication - how do I configure it?

Question

I'm new to Node and trying to install TypeScript using the following command:

npm install -g typescript

I get the following error:

if you are behind a proxy, please make sure that the 'proxy' config is set properly.

I have set my proxy using the following commands:

npm config set proxy http://Username:Pa55w0rd@proxyhostname
npm config set https-proxy http://Username:Pa55w0rd@proxyhostname

and tried this also:

npm config set proxy http://"ninjadev:5trongP@ssw0rd"@proxy.some-bigcorp.com
npm config set https-proxy http://"ninjadev:5trongP@ssw0rd"@proxy.some-bigcorp.com

But none of them work. I am working behind a copmpany proxy with authentication, so I think this is stopping me from connecting. I have added my username and password and this also didn't work.

Does anyone have any idea how I can connect to npm whilst using the company proxy and authentication?

Thanks

Sikkim

use this solution. it worked for me. – Infest

Be sure to URL encode @ in passwords as %40. Otherwise it will probably think ninjadev:5trongP is the user/pass and ssw0rd"@proxy.some-bigcorp.com (or something similar) will be the host. – Harner

Answer 1

Did you try with

npm config set proxy http://"ninjadev:5trongP@ssw0rd"@proxy.some-bigcorp.com:PORT
npm config set https-proxy http://"ninjadev:5trongP@ssw0rd"@proxy.some-bigcorp.com:PORT

where PORT can be 8080 if you don't have the proxy port?

Circumlunar

Note that password containing @ cannot be parsed. – Bebop

@FaizanMubasher for passwords with an @ or other meaningful special characters, replace them by their encodeURIComponent versions. For example, @ becomes %40. – Nunnery

Answer 2

This worked for me:

npm config set https-proxy "ninjadev:5trongP@ssw0rd"@proxy.some-bigcorp.com:PORT

Whithout http/https before.

Other

worked for me too, should be marked as the answer, nicedone @Other – Emarie

Answer 3

The following code worked for me:

npm config set proxy "http://"username:password"@proxy.big-corp.com"

Samaveda

Answer 4

This thing worked for me:

npm config set proxy http://"ninjadev:5trongP@ssw0rd"@proxy.some-bigcorp.com:PORT

Open cmd as an administrator and past the command there. Modify the command with credentials provided for your user.

Spheroidicity

Answer 5

In ubuntu-18.04 make sure that in home directory .npmrc file contains:

proxy=http://username:password@proxyhostname:port

https-proxy=http://username:password@proxyhostname:port

Ridinger

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